keyboard
See also: Keyboard
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (US) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA(key): /ˈki.bɔɹd/
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.bɔːd/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Canada): (file)
Noun
editkeyboard (plural keyboards)
- (computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
- (music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.
Synonyms
edit- (electronic musical device): electronic keyboard, synthesizer
Derived terms
edit- butterfly keyboard
- chiclet keyboard
- Jankó keyboard
- keyboard army
- keyboard bass
- keyboard cowboy
- keyboard diarrhea
- keyboard distance
- keyboard instrument
- keyboardist, keyboarder
- keyboard shortcut
- keyboard smash
- keyboard warrior
- kezboard
- mechanical keyboard
- membrane keyboard
- pedal keyboard
- policy keyboard
- space-cadet keyboard
- virtual keyboard
Related terms
editTranslations
editset of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
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component of many instruments
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electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard
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Verb
editkeyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)
- (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.
- Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.
- 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 16:
- The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.
Translations
editto type in
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Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English keyboard.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)
- (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
- (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)
Usage notes
edit- The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.
Synonyms
edit- (computing): toetsenbord
Derived terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English keyboard.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeyboard m inan
- keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)
- Synonym: klawiatura
Declension
editDeclension of keyboard
singular | plural | |
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nominative | keyboard | keyboardy |
genitive | keyboardu | keyboardów |
dative | keyboardowi | keyboardom |
accusative | keyboard | keyboardy |
instrumental | keyboardem | keyboardami |
locative | keyboardzie | keyboardach |
vocative | keyboardzie | keyboardy |
Derived terms
editadjective
nouns
Further reading
editSwedish
editNoun
editkeyboard c or n
- (music) an electronic keyboard
- Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | keyboard | keyboards |
definite | keyboarden | keyboardens | |
plural | indefinite | keyboards, keyboardar | keyboards, keyboardars |
definite | keyboardarna | keyboardarnas |
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | keyboard | keyboards |
definite | keyboardet | keyboardets | |
plural | indefinite | keyboards, keyboard | keyboards |
definite | keyboarden | keyboardens |
See also
edit- elorgel (“electric organ”)
- klaviatur (“keyboard (on a piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)”)
- synthesizer (“synthesizer”)
- tangentbord (“keyboard (for typing)”)
References
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Computing
- en:Music
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Typing keyboards
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Music
- nl:Computing
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ibɔrt
- Rhymes:Polish/ibɔrt/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Musical instruments
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish nouns with multiple genders
- sv:Music